Aug 10, 2009

William "Bill" Ivan Drummond

Franklin, NC - William "Bill" Ivan Drummond, age 63, of Little Ellijay Road, Franklin, NC passed away Monday, August 10, 2009 flying his favorite airplane at Brasstown, NC. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of the late Robert And Dorothy Drummond. He worked at Drake Enterprises. He was a US Airforce Veteran...

Aug 9, 2009

Dean Russell Conley

Franklin, NC - Dean Russell Conley, age 44, of Tippett Lane, Franklin, NC, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2009 in an Asheville hospital. He was a native of Jackson County, the son of June Gregory Conley of Franklin, NC and the late J. L. Conley. He was a master carpenter, and loved to hunt and fish....

Aug 1, 2009

William Edward Kuipers, Jr

Wellington FL / Sapphire - William Edward Kuipers, Jr., of Wellington, Florida, passed away at his summer home in Sapphire, North Carolina on Saturday, August 1, 2009. Bill was 78 years old.

A long time resident of Ridgewood, New Jersey, he graduated from Lehigh University with a degree in Business Administration and Finance...

Jul 30, 2009

Karen Gail Gaston Loetzer

Franklin, NC - Karen Gail Gaston Loetzer, age 60, of Country Bend Road, Franklin, NC passed away Thursday, July 30, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Coral Gables, FL, the daughter of the late Robert Lloyd and Frances Reed Gaston. She was employed by The Franklin Press where she was an advertising sales...

Jul 28, 2009

Ditalina Costa

Franklin, NC - Ditalina Costa, age 102, passed away July 28, 2009, in Ontario, Canada. She was a native of Alge, Portugal, the daughter of the late Jose Santos an Adelaide Campos Santos. She was married first to the late Delfim Reis and second to the late Julio Costa. She was a homemaker and a member of...

Jul 22, 2009

Marilyn Allen Votry

Franklin, NC - Marilyn Allen Votry, age 80, of Delia Drive, Franklin, NC passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at an Asheville Hospital. She was born in Attica, NY the daughter of the late Robert and Marian Perkins Allen. She was a retired assistant Post Master and a member of St. Agnes Episcopal Church. She loved...

Jul 21, 2009

John Wiley Angel

Franklin, NC - John Wiley Angel, age 84, of Rogersville, TN formerly of Franklin, NC passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at a VA Hospital in Johnson City, TN. He was a native of Macon County, NC the son of the late Carl L. and Lura Cloer Angel. He was a WWII US Army Veteran where...

Jul 20, 2009

Claudette Rae Lundy Reed

Otto, NC - Claudette Rae Lundy Reed, age 76, of Ledford Lane, Otto, NC passed away Monday, July 20, 2009 at an Asheville Hospital. She was born in Cowley, Kansas, the daughter of the late Claude and Ruth Rogers Lundy. She was married to Melvin Rhea Reed who passed away August 14, 2006. She was...

Jul 19, 2009

Fred Freeman, Jr

Franklin, NC - Fred Freeman, Jr., of Nashville, TN formerly of Sylva, NC passed away Sunday, July 19, 2009 at a Nashville Care Center. He was born in Tennessee, the son of the late Fred Freeman, Sr. and and step-mother, Verlon Freeman. He was a truck driver and was of the Baptist faith.

He...

Jul 18, 2009

Annie Birdell Hurst

Franklin, NC - Annie Birdell Hurst, age 91, of Rose Creek Road, Franklin, NC passed away Saturday, July 18, 2009 at a Haywood County Care Center. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late William Fred and Eva Easter Houston Lowe. She was married to Manuel Ardell Hurst who passed away in...

Jul 17, 2009

Ed Brogden

Franklin, NC - Ed Brogden, age 83, of Franklin, NC, passed away Friday, July 17, 2009 in a local nursing home. He was a native of Swain County, the son of the late J. A. Brogden and Faye Hupp Brogden. Mr. Brogden was a member of Cowee Baptist Church for 61 years, where he served as a...

Jul 15, 2009

Maybelle Chastain Neely

Highlands, NC - Maybelle Chastain Neely, age 93, of Clear Creek Community, Highlands, NC passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at Fidelia-Eckerd Nursing Home.

She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late David E. and Ada Bryson Chastain. She was married to the late James Philo Neely, who passed away...

Jul 15, 2009

Pearl Elizabeth Woods Moses

Franklin, NC - Pearl Elizabeth Woods Moses, age 95, of Highlands Road, Franklin, NC, passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2009 in a local nursing home. She was a native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Andy and Sarah McDowell Woods. She was married to the late Willie Moses, who passed away May 23,...

Jul 13, 2009

Mack Arthur Wilson

Franklin, NC - Mack Arthur Wilson, age 67, of Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, July 13, 2009 in a Bryson City Nursing Center. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late John Riley Wilson and Pauline Kimsey Wilson. He attended Cartoogechaye Church of God.

He is survived by one daughter,...

Jul 13, 2009

LaVern "Vern" Richard Feeney

Franklin, NC - LaVern "Vern" Richard Feeney, age 78, of Claude Sanders Road, Franklin, NC, passed away Monday, July 13, 2009 at John F. Keever Solace Center He was a native of Ashland County, Wisconsin, the son of the late Francis James Feeney and Awanda Margaret Fonger Feeney. He was a retired mill run worker...

Jul 12, 2009

Alma Mae Wright

Franklin, NC - Alma Mae Wright, age 93, of North Fort Myers, FL died Sunday, July 12, 2009 in a local hospital in Franklin, NC. She was born in Greensburg, PA, the daughter of the late Harry and Winnie Gallagher Claffey. She was married to the late Earle Carter Wright, Sr. She was a homemaker and...

Jul 11, 2009

Martha Waldroop Sanders

Franklin - Martha Waldroop Sanders, 51, of Whispering Meadows Rd., Franklin, died Saturday, July 11, 2009 in MemorialMissionHospital, Asheville. Born in Franklin, N.C., February 28, 1958, she was the daughter of George Bob Waldroop and Cora Mae MacMurray. She loved gardening, canning, cooking and reading and was an avid race car fan. She was a homemaker...

Jul 10, 2009

Lyndal Stagner Hunter

Franklin, NC - Lyndal Stagner Hunter, passed on July 10, 2009. Lyndal was born February 6, 1916 in Grove Town, Georgia, where she grew up on the family farm. She enlisted in the Navy following Pearl Harbor. Upon being discharged from the navy she moved to Miami, Florida. She married Frank Stagner and was the mother...

Jul 3, 2009

Edna Keener Ray

Franklin, NC - Edna Keener Ray, age 83, of the Clarks Chapel Community died, Friday, July 3, 2009 in an Asheville, NC hospital. She was a native of Gaston County, NC and the daughter of the late Elbert and Estella Hoyle Keener. She was married to the late R. C. Ray. She was a retired nurses...

Jun 30, 2009

Aletha Saunders Moore

Franklin, NC - Aletha Saunders Moore, age 88, of Pine Road, Otto, NC passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at a local nursing center. She was a lifelong native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Spurgeon and Mary Moses Saunders. She was married to J. B. Moore who passed away September 01, 2005. She...